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Simon Rimmer's inadequate facilities

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boccajunior · 16/07/2022 19:55

Lulabelle went to TV chef Simon Rimmer's new restaurant and was not happy with the unisex toilets

twitter.com/Lulabel06994981/status/1548085200407576582?t=MhkXwg2YEqjmfQiebhyTfQ&s=19

Just been to @simonrim's lovely new restaurant where I was disappointed to discover gender neutral toilets. Men and women awkwardly shuffling round each other wondering if they were in the wrong place. Yeuch.

Rimmer's been trying to defend them all afternoon but it's not been going well due to the fabulous, intelligent women making him look daft.

The lovely Maya Forstater has given up her afternoon to look into the building regulations and codes and it appears that she's unearthed some problems.

(warning long thread from Maya)

twitter.com/MForstater/status/1548348265791307781?t=zOcwHQP704sbKaRhGJE5Lw&s=19

Hopefully now he'll be forced to create single-sex spaces.

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ZaraSizeMedium · 16/07/2022 20:16

Did anyone get a screenshot of the tweet he deleted?

He's since said that anyone not happy to use the unisex toilets can use the accessible toilet.

So disabled people who visit his restaurant have to share their toilet with anyone else who wants to use it.

He doesn’t see a problem with any of this.

Funnily enough his restaurants in Dubai and Abu Dhabi remain separate single sex Hmm.

Pickanameforme · 16/07/2022 20:08

Well that was interesting. The leader of Trafford Council is standing to be an MP at the next election. If anyone knows Andrew Western's views please can you tell me what they are TIA

achillestoes · 16/07/2022 20:04

He says he’s asked his female customers what they think. Do we believe him?

BootsAndRoots · 16/07/2022 20:03

I absolutely hate these types of toilets.

I wish people would stop saying that each cubicle is private, since when have toilets been open and you look around at everyone else sitting on the toilet?

"Communal washing areas" is not good enough. The only acceptable unisex toilets are those that have a lock on the door and toilet, sink and hand dryer inside the cubicle and have no communal area.

Pickanameforme · 16/07/2022 19:57

I saw this earlier, but I'll have to go back to catch up with Maya's thread.

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